John 7:33
Then Jesus said, “I will be with you for only a short time. Then I will return to the one who sent me.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
In Context
Cross References
John 12:35Then Jesus said to them, “ My message is like [MET] a light for you. I will be with you for only a little while longer. Live and act as you should while I am still with you, because suddenly you will have no more opportunity to hear my message! You do not want to be like [MET] someone who cannot see where he is going any more when it suddenly becomes dark!
John 13:3But Jesus knew that his Father had given to him complete authority to control the situation. He knew that he had come from God and would soon return to God.
John 14:19Soon those who do not belong to God [MTY] will not see me any more. But when the Spirit comes to you, it will be as though you will be seeing me again (OR, But after I become alive again, you will see me again.) Because I will be alive again, you also will have eternal life.
John 16:10He will tell people that because I am going back to my Father, and you will no longer see me, you will know that I am the one who was truly righteous.
John 16:28I came from my Father into this world. Very soon I will be leaving this world and going back to my Father.”
John 17:13Father, now I am about to return to you. I have said these things while I am still here in the world in order that my disciples may fully experience being joyful, as I have been joyful.
Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37
Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and… Read the whole commentary →